Think the Earth

To help people affected by the East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Power Accident, many people have risen up to take action. One of those actions is to provide disaster-related information in various languages to foreign residents. The assistance activities are:

- The portal website "Japan Earthquake: How to Protect Yourself" by students of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and other volunteers. Presently, information is offered in 41 languages.

- The web site　and MP3 in various languages by Radio FMYY from Kobe City's Nagata Ward in Japan, established in 1995 when hit by the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Radio FMYY provides up-to-the-minute multi-lingual disaster information. MP3 will be provided to other radio stations to broadcast multi-lingual information.

- A special website in English, "EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN'S TOHOKU DISTRICT," by the non-profit organization Japan for Sustainability (JFS) which collects disaster information.

-There are other multilingual sources of support such as telephone services by international associations（PDF）in each disaster-hit region.

Many people facing various problems are waiting for help. There must be something that those of us who have escaped damage, busy business people, students, woman with small children, the elderly and children, can do for people in distress. I believe that Japan can overcome this tragic disaster by mobilizing the wisdom and energy of its people.